The SHOCKWAVES SKULL SESSIONS Site has just been launched! The first episode features a great debate on DEEP PURPLE and future podcasts will be posted weekly.The Great DEEP PURPLE Debate. On this debut Shockwaves Skull Session podcast episode host Bob Nalbandian is joined by head of A&R at Roadrunner Records, Monte Conner and heavy metal book author/journalist Martin Popoff to discuss and debate on legendary British rock band DEEP PURPLE'’s extensive career as they examine the band’s 40 year plus career and discuss and debate the band's entire musical catalog. This exclusive 3-way conversation was recorded in May 2008.Direct link to SHOCKWAVES SKULL SESSIONS Ep. #1 - DEEP PURPLE DEBATESHOCKWAVES SKULL SESSIONS PODCAST I do an online metal magazine called Shockwaves and Podcast on the Heavy Metal Supersite HardRadio.com. You can hear my podcast on HardRadio.com (click on Shockwaves) or on iTunes and most major podcast directories including: Here is the direct link to my current podcast: CHAD GRAY From HELLYEAH & MUDVAYNE and FINN from WAYSTED Interviews: Podcast # 32Here is the direct link to my previous podcast: EARLY METALLICA SPECIAL Podcast # 30Link to Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast via iTunes: Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast on iTunesLink to All the Shockwaves/HardRadio podcasts: Shockwaves podcasts list****BIOGRAPHY**** In 1982 I started up the seminal heavy metal fanzine The Headbanger, a nationally distributed zine which featured the very first profiles of then-unsigned LA bands Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Armored Saint and many others. I published 11 issues of The Headbanger from 1982 through 1985. Over the years I was a contributing editor to several well-known music publications including; Creem, Music Connection, Hit Parader, BAM, Foundations, Loud, Metal Rendezvous, New Rave, BURRN! (Japan), Rock Hard (Germany), and Fachblatt (Germany) and publisher/editor of Shockwaves Magazine (now online at HardRadio.com) as well as associate editor for several national men’s magazines. In the early ‘90s, I landed guitarist Marty Friedman in the multi-platinum group Megadeth and soon after I headed the west coast office of Roadrunner Records working closely with many of the labels cutting-edge artists at the time, including Sepultura, Type-O Negative, and Last Crack. After Roadrunner, I went on to Bizarre/Straight Records (Rhino/WEA) assisting label president Herb Cohen (who co-founded the label with Frank Zappa in the ‘60s). Their roster specialized in diverse artists such as Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Captain Beefheart, Tim Buckley, Lenny Bruce, Screaming Jay Hawkins and Tom Waits. I worked both catalog and new artists for the label. I also acquired several license deals through the years with major international companies such as: Century Media, Enigma/Restless, Roadrunner, JVC/Victor, Music For Nations, Bandai/Apollon, Jigu, Polystar, High Vaultage, Dream Circle/Polydor, and Reality/Sony. Currently I am the VP of press and publicity for HardRadio.com, a top-rated Internet radio station where I also produce Shockwaves Magazine On-line and Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast which features interviews with some of the greatest performers in hard rock/metal music.Bob Nalbandian can be contacted by email at: [email protected]
